UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3526, 11 October 1921, Page 22

UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE.

FROM THE FAST YEAR’S ACCOUNTS. The following items of unauthorised expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 19.11, appear, with many others, in the Public Accounts: Grant in lieu of pension to E. Starr, chef at Bellamy's, who resigned his position on account of ill-health ... £IOO Grant to Bellamy’s for purchase of supplies, etc., for Session No. 1, 1921 FJO Presentation plate to H.M.S. Chatham 71 Compassionate allowance to widow of late Overseer E. F. A. Dunkley, who was accidentally drowned while in execution of Ins duty (Public Works Department) 250 Compassionate allowance granted to Mrs Gertrude F. Hanson, widow of the late E. Rawson, Stipendiary Magistrate, Hamilton 500 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Constable George Pearce 319 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant Henry E. Beattie 220 Compensation for automatic pistols and ammunition handed over to the police 3641 Grant to Mrs Florence Porter, widow of the late Colonel T. W. Porter, C.B. 150 Travelling expenses of Sir Thomas Mackenzie as New Zealand delegate to the Chambers of Commerce Congress, Toronto _ 365 Grant to Mrs B. Hogg, widow of tho late A. \V. Hogg, formerly member of Parliament 44 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late P. P. Webb, formerly Deputy Controller and AuditorGeneral, who died soon after retirement from the Public Service (equivalent to one year’s salary) ... 700 Payment to W. A. d Oridant to cover legal expenses incurred during court martial, September, 1918 90 Payment to D. Kerr in full settlement of his claim for compensation in connection with his dismissal from the position of Inspector of Stock 100 Allowance to Dr Anderson, Director of Education, in lieu of leave on retirement (retired March 31, 1921) ... 450 Compassionate allowance to Mrs F. M. Triggs, widow of the late Robert Triggs. Public Trustee 1250 Additional maintenance grant towards Karitane Hospital, Dunedin. £500; and grant towards seeretarv’s salary, ,£IOO ' .. '... 500 Grant for expenses of W. E. Leadley and 11, G. Knight as representatives of the Now Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association attri, '.big {lie Grand Council League of C inrades, South Africa ... 400 Payment, of amount mutually agreed upon in full and final s' Moment of all claims by Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited) as publishers of tho Gallipoli volume of the "New Zealand History of the W ai\” to cover extra cost of publishing due to the volume containing more than the stipulated number of pages, maps, , etc. V. 212 Salaries of officers on their retirement from die New Zealand Military Forces : Lieutenant colonel W. 1,. Robinson. Ist April to 31st July. 1921 221 Major 1). A. Hickey, Ist April to 31st August, 1921 260